THE STUDYOF PHYTOCHEMICAL CHARACTERS OF EROVSKIA ABROTANOIDES IN KASHAN

Abstract

The studies conducted on plants grown in Kashan have showed the presence of abundant valuable <br />industrial - medicinal plants. Unforlunately, a lot of these plants are removed as weed or grazed by livestock <br />because of Lack of inhabitants' ignorance of their using and mismanagement. - <br />Perovskia abrotanoides is of Lamiaceae family. The natural habitat of this plant is mostly near waterways, the <br />beds and borders of seasonal rivers and mountainous ravines, namely the watersheds of south and southeast <br />of Kashan .It is also seen in the borders of gardens and farms in these areas. This plant is mostly seen at the <br />elevations 1500 - 2700 m. Its flowers, leaves and stems contain a lot of essence that can be used in medicine <br />industry. <br />In order to study this plant phytochemically, 6 areas (points) were selected. The average amount of plants' <br />essence obtained from these 6 investigated areas was 4/5 cc(1/44%) in Ferizhend , 3/8 cc(1/1%)in Abyaneh, <br />2/8 cc(1/12%) in Chimeh, 219 cc(0/93%) in Ghohroud, 1/9 cc(0/61%) in Totmaj and 2/3 cc(O/74%) in Jahagh. <br />Moreover determining the amount of existent essence in plant, we proceeded to find four plant materials: <br />Saponin, Alkaloid, Tannin, Flavanoid. The amount of each material in plant was defined qualitatively in which <br />the amount of saponin was considerable.